Education
Ph.D., English (Rhetoric and Composition, SLS), Purdue University
MA, TESOL, Minnesota State University
M.Ed., ELT, Kathmandu University
B.Ed., English, Tribhuvan University
Shyam Pandey
he/his/him
Assistant Professor
Contact Info
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Areas of Expertise
Professional and technical communication
Environmental and science communication
Intercultural communication
Biography
Dr. Pandey specializes in technical and professional communication (TPC), digital rhetorics, transnational rhetorics, AI, and environmental rhetorics. At TU, he teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in technical communication, scientific writing, intercultural communication, information design and environmental communication. His work has appeared in the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Computers and Composition, Technical Communication Quarterly, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, World Englishes, MinneTESOL Journal, the Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies, and in the proceedings of ACM Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC) and the Annual International Conference on American Business Communication.
His current projects include a study of AI in advising and the ethics of digital companionship, an analysis of the rhetorical framing of climate change, a multimodal rhetorical examination of two transnational cultural traditions, a collaborative project on community-engaged grant writing, and research on global intercultural communication.
Selected Publications
Articles/Book Chapters/Special Issues
Pandey, Shyam. “Rhetoric in Action: A Multimodal and Rhetorical Analysis of PETA and Animal Justice Online Advocacy.” Computers and Composition, 2025, pp. 1–15, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102924
Pandey, Shyam. “Rethinking Grant Writing Pedagogy: Integrating Social Justice Through a Community-Engaged Approach in Teaching Grants and Proposals. Technical Communication Quarterly, 2025, pp. 1–21, https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2025.2450487
Pandey, Shyam. “Exploring Design Strategies for Student Career Portfolios.” Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2025, pp. 1–31, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00472816241307610
Chen, Jianfen, Pandey, Shyam., and Baniya, Sweta. “Navigating Immigration as an Alien: Discursive Interface Analysis of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services.” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 2025, pp. 22–40, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10884640
Pandey, Shyam. “A Comparative Rhetorical Analysis of Trump and Biden’s Climate Change Speeches: Framing Strategies in Politics.” Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2025, pp. 1–25. 2025. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00472816231225932
Pandey, Shyam. “Transnational Technical and Business Communication Writers in Making of a Multimodal Career Portfolio.” Proceedings of the 87th ABC Annual International Conference on American Business Communication, 2022, pp. 177–179.
Henderson Lee, Sarah., and Pandey, Shyam. “Introducing World Englishes to Multilingual Writers in a First-Year Composition Course.” Transformations: Change Work Across Writing Programs, and Practices, edited by Kristi Cole and Holly Hassel, Utah State University Press, 2022, pp.210–224, https://upcolorado.com/utah-state-university-press/item/4064-transformations
Pandey, Shyam, and Chen, Jianfen. “Is Facebook Easier to Use than WeChat? A Critical Comparative Analysis of Interface Features of WeChat and Facebook.” Proceedings of the 39th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication, 2021, pp. 213–223, https://doi.org/10.1145/3472714.3473644
Pandey, S., Ding, Ai-Chu Elisha., and Khadka, Santosh. “Special Issue on Multimodal Composition in Multilingual Contexts.” Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies and Emerging Pedagogies, 2021, http://jogltep.com/published-issues/
Pandey, Shyam. “English in Nepal.” World Englishes, 2020, pp. 500–513. 2020. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/weng.12490
Henderson Lee, Sarah., and Pandey, Shyam. “Writing Pedagogy and Practice in South Asia: A Case of English Language Teachers and Teacher Trainers in Nepal.” Second Language Writing Instruction in International Contexts: Language Teacher Preparation and Development, edited by Lisya Seloni and Sarah Henderson Lee, 2020. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters, 2020, pp. 131–149, https://multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?k=9781788925860
Special Issue on Multimodal Composition in Multilingual Contexts (co-edited with A. Ding and S. Khadka). Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies and Emerging Pedagogies, 7(1). 2021. http://jogltep.com/published-issues/
Honors and Awards
2022, CCCC Scholars for Dreams Award by Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC).
2021, Civil Society Scholar Award.
2021, CPTSC Diversity Scholarship Award by Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC).
2014, U.S. Department of State, International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) Award 2014.
2014, TESOL Professional Grant.
2012, IATEFL Gillian Porter Ladousse Scholarship, UK.
Service
2023-2025, Coordinator, Technical Communication Minor and Certificate, Technical Communication Program, Sam Houston State University.
2022-present. Editorial Board Member, Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies (JOGLTEP).
2025, Award Committee Member, Computers and Composition Hugh Burns Dissertation Award.
2024-2025, Award Committee Member, CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award.
2023-2024, Faculty Senator, Sam Houston State University.
2022-2024, Member, Global Engagement Center Advisory Board, International Office, Sam Houston State University.
2022-2023, Member, Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Subcommittee, Sam Houston State University.
2022, Ken Rainey Award Committee Member Society for Technical Communication (STC).